Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

EXPEL

absorb

The most appropriate antonym of the word expel is absorb.

• Expel means "to force (someone) to leave a place or a group."
• Absorb means "to take in or assimilate (something, especially liquid or gas)."

The other words do not have the opposite meaning of expel.

• Leave means "to go away from or depart from a place."
• Erupt means "to burst out suddenly and violently."
• Remove means "to take (something) away from a place."